Jim Wellehan: Let’s grow, but let’s keep Lake Auburn free from harm

Seventy-eight percent of the land around Lake Auburn was forested before the deforestation of the former dump began, and a healthy forest surrounding a lake is the most effective way to keep a lake clean.

Froma Harrop: Montana may be seeing the first youth climate revolt

Montana has long feasted on its nickname, “The Last Best Place.” But a parade of catastrophic weather events is dismantling a grandeur that humans will not be able to rebuild.

Editorial cartoon for Sunday, June 18

Rich Lowry: There should be no ‘woke’ in baseball

The Toronto Blue Jays just cut one of their relief pitchers, Anthony Bass, for not getting with the LGBTQ program. He thus became the first player in major league history to be DFA’ed for associating himself with traditional Biblical morality.

Carole Richards: Requirements for presidential candidates must change

I was blown away when  I learned a presidential candidate under indictment for extremely serious federal charges can accept the nomination even from a jail cell. I can picture it now, him sitting in the Oval Office saying, “Well here I am, deal with it. Ya, na, na na, can’t catch me. I’m above the […]

William Phillips: So much for conservative ‘fiscal responsibility’

In response to Joe Voisine’s letter to the editor (“U.S. needs to live within its means, cease overspending,” June 12), I offer this quote from Monday’s Heather Cox Richardson’s commentary: “ Not two weeks after threatening to refuse to raise the debt ceiling because of their stated concerns over the nation’s mounting debt, Republicans are […]

Leslie and Ben Geissinger: Maine needs a clean energy future, in solar

As Mainers and farmers, we believe the Legislature should vote “yes” on LD 1986, “An Act Relating to Net Energy Billing and Distributed Solar and Energy Storage Systems.” After achieving our dream of farming food for our family and community, we decided to add solar as one of our crops and became community solar farmers. […]

Bob Neal: The Countryman: The timelines that separate us

While there are divisions of class and economics and education in this country, scenes are now playing out that represent a division of time, between the past and the future.

Editorial cartoon for Saturday, June 17

Lacey Donle: We must support paid family and medical leave

Maine people need paid family and medical leaveAs a supervisor, I am responsible for working with employees to develop plans for when they need to be out of work.Many part-time employees do not earn any paid time off, however some employers do provide a small amount of paid time off prorated for hours worked. One […]